Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature’s Most Dangerous Creatures
Author: Carl Zimmer
For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and in the darkest shadows of science. Now award-winning writer Carl Zimmer takes us on a fantastic voyage into the secret parasite universe we actually live in but haven’t recognized. He reveals not only that parasites are the most successful life-forms on Earth, but that they triggered the development of….Read More
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